Bruce Wayne

@dfwbrian__ “Let him get up”! No dipshit!!

The dude in green is blind, by the way… like actually blind.

@MartinTweats That’s epistemic possibility correct? Plantinga’s argument needs metaphysical possibility not epistemic possibility.

@BruceWayneDND It's possible for anything to exist.

MODAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (PLANTINGA) Idea: If God's existence is possible, then because God is a necessary being, God exists in all possible worlds. Definitions: □ = necessarily ◇ = possibly Premises: It is possible that a maximally great being exists. ◊G A maximally great being exists necessarily if it exists. G -> □G If something possibly exists necessarily, then it necessarily exists. ◊□G -> □G Conclusion: □G Therefore: G

@MartinTweats Correction: *it is possible god exists* not *is it possible god exists*

@MartinTweats I’m not affirming or conceding either one. I’m pointing out that neither modal claim has been established. The burden is to justify “is it possible that god exists”, not assume it by default.

@MartinTweats That’s one thing that plantinga lacks in some of his work. Explanation. His logic is solid but he lacks explanation in some respects.

@MartinTweats Side note: plantinga is a great read whether you agree with him or not.

@MartinTweats The problem with plantinga here is that not showing a contradiction isn’t the same as establishing possibility. He still owes an argument for “it is possible god exists”. otherwise the conclusion rests on an unsupported premise.

@darwintojesus Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday everyone ⛪️

@Protestia The sheer level of dipshitery here

This is not a biblical "outpouring" of the Holy Spirit

@darwintojesus The church on the right I think is finally completed this year. After I think almost 150 years of construction.

When efficiency comes at the expense of the soul… we all lose.

@MartinTweats Always read the document and said document’s fine print before signing!

You owe someone £100,000. I agree to pay the debt for you, but you have to sign a financial document handing the debt over to me. Why should you sign it in order for me to take over the debt?

@darwintojesus Child, human being etc…

Baby.

@darwintojesus Happy 4th of July!!

America began as thirteen small colonies and grew into the greatest nation the world has ever seen. Why? It happened because this nation was built on a profound belief that our rights come from God, that every human being has inherent dignity, and that we are accountable to a higher moral law. You don’t agree? Look at Europe. For centuries it was one of the great centers of civilization. But as faith has steadily declined across most of the continent, Europe has been struggling with a deep crisis of meaning, identity, and purpose… and it’s falling apart. Since the “enlightenment,” atheists and secular thinkers have naïvely preached that reason and science alone would usher in a kind of utopia, that humanity would inevitably progress toward a future like Star Trek where reason would solve our deepest problems. But reason alone can’t tell us why human beings matter. It can’t tell us why we ought to be moral, why justice is objectively good, or why a human life has intrinsic worth. If God does not exist, then ultimately we’re the product of blind, unguided processes. Humans are reduced to highly intelligent animals whose thoughts, values, and aspirations are accidents of nature. In that worldview, morality becomes preference, meaning becomes imagination, and purpose becomes subjective. When you remove God, you don’t simply remove religion. You undermine the objective grounding for reason, morality, human dignity, and purpose. You leave people searching for meaning in a universe that offers none. Secularists will deny this with their last breath, but the facts don’t lie. And the facts are these: throughout history, virtually every civilization has recognized humanity’s need for something beyond itself—a higher power, a transcendent moral order, a reason for our existence. That longing is nearly universal because it speaks to something fundamental about human nature. America has enjoyed an extraordinary 250 years. If we want the next 250 years to be just as great, we should continue to recognize the source of the principles that made this nation exceptional. As long as we continue to put God first, uphold the dignity of every person, and remember that our rights come from our Creator rather than from the state, I believe America will continue to be the greatest nation on Earth. May God bless America.

@darwintojesus To answer your question, no. By itself, “evolution caused me to believe this” doesn’t warrant a belief. Neither would “God caused me to believe this.” A belief is warranted by the reasons and evidence supporting it, not merely by the process that produced it.

I keep trying to get atheists to understand why naturalistic evolution destroys reason and rationality… but it’s nearly impossible. Here’s a question I have yet to see an atheist answer head on: if all of your beliefs are determined by evolution, are they warranted? By “warranted,” I mean does “evolution caused me to believe this” give us good justification for holding our beliefs? If your answer is yes, then all our beliefs are warranted. If your answer is no, then you can’t appeal to the evolutionary process and how it works as a justification for your rationality.

@Fawful52919496 @ShitpostRock @CHRISF0GLE The majority of abortion cases are not rape. The data does not reflect your claim.

@ShitpostRock @CHRISF0GLE The fact that you think this is how abortion happens shows how ignorant you are. The majority of abortion cases are rape. Even if it wasn't, people should only be parents if they're ready. Sex should be an intimate and normal thing.

>men killing 1 trillion people every year by jerking off

@pureMetatron Sambo

What's your favorite martial art? I'll go first. Kyokushin Karate.

@MartinTweats I was a psych major. I remember actually going over this in class. This actually is addressed and discussed in developmental psychology.

@BruceWayneDND You are correct!

No, you're wrong. Children are born in a pre-doxastic and pre-epistemic state Atheism has two forms: weak atheism (doxastic), and strong atheism (epistemic). Weak atheism takes the form: P = "God exists" ¬BaP That is, agent a does not believe P. And, strong atheism takes the form: Ka¬P That is, agent a knows that P is false. Weak atheism is learned, as no child is born with a doxastic state; rather, a doxastic state is developed over time with intelligence and cognitive abilities., e.g., they would have to have an idea of god in order to have a belief in god either for or against His existence. Strong atheism is epistemic, and so requires the same grounding as weak atheism, but with knowledge about the ontological existence of God rather than just an absence of belief. Strong atheism presupposes weak atheism: Ka¬P -> ¬BaP That is, anyone who is a strong atheist is also a weak atheist, but a weak atheist is not also a strong atheist. The pre-doxastic and pre-epistemic state that children are born in takes the form: ¬(Ka¬P v ¬BaP) They are neither weak atheists, nor strong atheists. They simply not any kind of atheist.

@darkprof So you’re a traditional atheist not a new atheist. You’re still an atheist. Strong atheism: I don’t believe a god(s) exists New atheism: I lack belief that god(s) exist.

Atheism is a lack of belief in gods. I believe gods do not exist. I am, therefore, not an atheist.

@MartinTweats So no. Babies are not born atheist.

@MartinTweats Babies are born without developed theistic, atheistic, or agnostic positions. They are pre-belief or non-committal because they lack the conceptual capacity for those categories.